Lide Ann Potter Plans a Wedding for Sarah Belle
Lide Ann Potter shocks neighbors by announcing a wedding at her house to honor her frail sister Sarah Belle. She initially intends a pretend ceremony with a dead suitor, but Victor Trimmer offers a living marriage, and Sarah Belle’s joyful reception shifts the plan toward a real wedding between Lide Ann and Victor, with the hopeful girl at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lide Ann
Old Dolly
Trimmer’s
Ella
Joseph
Sarah Belle
India
Holt
Dr. Wall
Jenny
Ella Trimmer
Martha Miller Potter
Victor Trimmer
Lide Ann Potter
Victor
Curious American Names Raise eyebrows in Illinois and Virginia
An Illinois man named children Im primis Finis Appendix Addendum and Hrratum while a Virginia resident, Elmadoras Sprinkle, has six daughters Memphis Tappan Empress Vandalia Tamia Zain Okeno Molette Og Wilt and Wintesse Em mah. Sprinkle argues the unusual Christian names honor family naming tradition distinct from common patronymics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Imprimis
Finis
Elmadoras Sprinkle
Virginia
Memphis Tappan
Empress Vandalia
Tamia Zain
Okeno Molette
Og Wilt
Wintesse Emmah
Sprinkle
Electric propulsion for ships gains hopeful outlook
The Institute of Marine Engineers in London discussed electric propulsion with H A Mavor of Glasgow calling the outlook very hopeful. Leading ship builders have considered it. Durtnall cites the all electric Paragon method with motors coupled to propellers, efficient in both directions, unlike steam turbines which run only one way, saving reversible turbine costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Marine Engineers
London
H. A. Mavor
Glasgow
W. P. Durtnall
Schedule Framed on Logic by Fiery Australian Speaker
An Australian politician famous as a fiery orator retires temporarily and offers lecture engagements. When asked for a fee he replies ten pounds for speaking in favor and five more for opposing. He explains the split by saying downhill incurs less effort than uphill. In England a public health inquiry notes a local family with five members aged 88 86 79 76 and 12 within a half mile of the council chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blank
Local Government Board
Sheerness
England
Army Council
Kent
A Country Style Tomato Fry As A Fish Course
A country friend serves a vegetable alternative to fish in hot weather. Small firm tomatoes are dressed with vinegar parsley and salt then dipped in a light batter and fried until golden brown. Serve immediately with kitchen paper drainage.
Pudding Batter Steam Cups With Currants
A child friendly pudding recipe describes mixing flour salt egg milk and currants to form batter. Stand batter hour then steam in cups or molds for about an hour and serve with marmalade sauce.
Alcohol Pitcher and Fruit Juice Making Instructions
A period piece notes an alcohol pitcher for chafing dishes with a long pour spout and tight cap to reduce evaporation. It also provides a recipe for fruit juice concentrate: sugar a half pound per fruit, sugar sprinkled on fruit then left overnight, boiled, strained, and stored in airtight jars.
Curried Eggs with Rice Recipe Summary
A simple historic recipe lists curried eggs with butter onion flour milk and water curry powder lemon juice and boiled rice. The instruction reads like a kitchen note emphasizing basic ingredients and a curry flavored egg dish.
Veal and Parsley Sauce Recipe Method
A small knuckle of veal is simmered gently with an onion and sweet herbs for three hours. Remove the meat and serve with white sauce enriched by chopped parsley, lemon slices garnish, and the remaining sauce sent to the table in a tureen.
Illinois Brevities highlights from Lemont to Rockford
A collection of brief Illinois notices reports train collision deaths and injuries in Lemont, deaths in Bloomington Sterling Belvidere and Centralia, drownings and rescues in Joliet and Alton, a school tax in Taylorville, a hotel sale in Joliet, a lightning death in Newton, a mosquito health meeting in Cairo, farm accidents in Mount Carmel and Westfield, a fatal apple incident near Roscoe, and a mental derangement case in Centralia with a Rockford widow descendant of Gen Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemont
Peter Hoffman
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
George Winegar
Peter Ast
J. Clark
Peter Simon
Bloomington
Nancy O. Smith
William Hawley Smith
Normal
Pana
Sterling
John Bitters
Belvidere
Isaac C. Wolfe
Padunah
Oswego
Kan
M Shall
Lake Fore College
Illinois
Trey
Alto Pass
Rendleman
Southern Illinois
Casper
Jacob Rendleman
Virginia
Alton
William Hendricks
Ethel Martin
Hendricks
Long Beach
Cal
Joliet
George Jessemer Cowing
G. J. Cowing
DuPage
Wiliam Martin
Taylorville
Board of Education
Hattie Ka
Miss Clower
Page River
Electric Park
Cher Whitla
F Field
Charleston
Edna Brown
Piasa
Thomas Webster
St. Louis
W Newton
Ambrose Ochs
Cairo
City Board of Health
Mount Carmel
Elijah Spurling
Quincy
Tremont Hotel
A. Urban Sons Company
Westfield
Thomas Melton
Roscoe
Fred Kahler
Here
Centralia
Robert Cottman
Rockford
Gertrude E. Staplin
Joseph Warren
Bunker Hill
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